Battle of Maldon, England Danish coinage begins at Hedeby Alfred the Great, king of Wessex Battle of Clontarf, Ireland Battle of Tara, Ireland Bishopric established in Orkney Cnut the Great, king of England Coronation of the Emperor Charlemagne Creation of the first bishopric in Iceland Danish capture of York Danish conquest of England by Svein Forkbeard Eric the Red settles in Greenland Establishment of the Earldom of Orkney First riad on Frankish Kingdom First Viking raids on Scotland and Ireland Foundation of the Icelandic Althing Iceland converted to Christianity Jaroslav, prince of Kiev Massacre of Danes in England Normans subdue Brittany Norse settlement in the Faeroe Islands Norse settlement of Iceland Novgorod and Kiev united Paris sacked by the Vikings Refoundation of Viking Dublin Sack of Hamburg and Paris Siege of Paris The Battle of Stainmore Viking conquest of Brittany Viking expelled from Dublin Viking raid on Lindisfarne monastery Viking raiders on the Caspian Sea Viking raids in western Europe begin Viking raids on Dorestad Viking raids on Frankia Viking raids on Spain Vikings expelled from Ireland Vikings overrun Frisia Vladimir, prince of Kiev